Looking for Rock/Mineral book as companion to Earth Science

[Guest momwritesjelly]

Using the materials from MIT open courseware for Earth Science and would like to find a quality Rock/Mineral book for additional exposure since we won't be doing the labs.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Maggie

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********New and still excited about this homeschool thing*******

ds 14 yo, 10th grade

[Kalmia]

I would definitely get The Elements by Theodore Gray. This is the link to the hardcover which is nice to have because the book is so large.

http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Visual-Exploration-Every-Universe/dp/1579128149/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1404601095&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=the+elements+theodorre+gray

 

Also this one: The Illustrated Guide to Rocks and Minerals

http://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Guide-Rocks-Minerals-fascinating/dp/1780190859/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1404600955&sr=1-6&keywords=rocks+and+minerals

 

http://www.amazon.com/The-Elements-Visual-Exploration-Universe/dp/1579128149/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1404600660&sr=8-1

 

The Practical Geologist

 

http://www.amazon.com/The-Practical-Geologist-Introductory-Identifying/dp/0671746979/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404600739&sr=8-1&keywords=the+practical+geologist

 

Geology "living book" The Annals of the Former World by John McPhee (narrative science)

 

http://www.amazon.com/Annals-Former-World-John-McPhee/dp/0374518734/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1404600768&sr=8-2&keywords=the+practical+geologist

 

 

Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals, Petersons

 

http://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Minerals-Peterson-Guides/dp/039591096X/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1404600842&sr=8-12&keywords=mineralogy

 

 

[Guest momwritesjelly]

Those will be fun to browse through. Thanks so much!!

[Arcadia]

Check the library. My local library has a shelf in adult reference under earth science/geology which has books on rocks and minerals for California (where I am). It was great for my kids as a starting point.

The rockhound book was a nice read but not something I would buy to keep. They have different books for different states.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1560446390

[AMJ]

Using the materials from MIT open courseware for Earth Science and would like to find a quality Rock/Mineral book for additional exposure since we won't be doing the labs.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Maggie

------------

********New and still excited about this homeschool thing*******

ds 14 yo, 10th grade

 

Can you tell me more about MIT's open courseware and how you found their Earth Science materials, please?  I had never heard of it before.  I visited the website after viewing your post, and have searched for Earth Science stuff, but I'm having trouble finding it.  Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and some Astrophysics I can find.  But not Earth Science?

 

Thanks!

[Arcadia]

I visited the website after viewing your post, and have searched for Earth Science stuff, but I'm having trouble finding it. Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and some Astrophysics I can find. But not Earth Science?

Did you see this page?

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/12-001-introduction-to-geology-spring-2011/

 

More courses here

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/

[AMJ]

Did you see this page?

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/12-001-introduction-to-geology-spring-2011/

 

More courses here

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/

 

Hooray, thank you!  I did not find those pages.  I will gladly look them over tomorrow -- my tendonitis is starting to flare up from too much vulching on the forums while I do my curriculum hunting.

 

Thank you, and good night!